Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Synology’s security researchers believe the botnet is primarily driven by a malware family called “StealthWorker.” ” At present, Synology PSIRT has seen no indication of the malware exploiting any software vulnerabilities.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, LockBit 2.0). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. The RUSdot mailer, the email spamming tool made and sold by the administrator of RSOCKS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

. “ our research has uncovered new vulnerabilities, which we collectively dubbed USBAnywhere , in the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of Supermicro servers, which can allow an attacker to easily connect to a server and virtually mount any USB device of their choosing to the server, remotely over any network including the Internet.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

City officials now say they plan to pay the ransom demand, in hopes of keeping the personal data of their citizens off of the Internet. Nevertheless, on Friday, June 5, the intruders sprang their attack, deploying ransomware and demanding nearly $300,000 worth of bitcoin. ” A DoppelPaymer ransom note. Image: Crowdstrike.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 Snatch Team claims to deal only in stolen data — not in deploying ransomware malware to hold systems hostage.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The Malware Threat behind CurveBall. Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . SecurityAffairs – Curveball, hacking).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

European law enforcement has conducted an operation aimed at performing a mass-sanitization of computers infected with the infamous Emotet Windows malware. European law enforcement agencies automatically wiped the infamous Emotet malware from infected systems across the world as part of a mass sanitization operation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

No wonder Russia has been preparing to cut itself off from the global internet, hoping to move key government institutions to a sovereign Runet – a pan-Russian web limited to the Federation – to make them less prone to cyber attacks. Ideally, VNC should be used only with authenticated users, such as system administrators.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One of the most vulnerable areas that hackers use to infiltrate a company’s system is the network. The Internet network is vulnerable as cybercriminals are lurking online, waiting to intercept loopholes for hacking systems. Company systems require various software programs to function. Human Resources.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We also review what pushed cybercriminals to transform their operations into the now well-known malware-as-a-service model — the use of cloud servers, the decreasing relevance of custom malware and the subsequent emergence of small, agile teams. Client-side attacks on the wane.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The popular researcher Larry Cashdollar, from Akamai SIRT, announced in exclusive to The Register, that he observed a miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices targeting Intel systems. The researchers revealed that one of his honeypots was hit by this IoT malware that targets Intel machines running Linux.

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IoT Cryptocurrency Malware System Administration 88

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, attempt to escalate privileges and move laterally, and deliver malware and exfiltrate data. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Human-operated ransomare). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity. SecurityAffairs – malware, Patch Tuesday). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks. Makop gang did not conduct any significative retooling since 2020, which is a clear indicator of their effectiveness even after three years and hundreds of successful compromises.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

“The intrusion attempts to deploy a cryptocurrency-mining malware (detected by Trend Micro as Coinminer.SH.MALXMR.ATNE) on the misconfigured systems.” The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has a reference that can help system administrators and security teams establish a benchmark to secure their Docker engine.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD]. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Parents have long held a special duty to protect their school-aged children from bad actors on the Internet. Organized hacking groups will be quick to single out — and plunder — the laggards. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop. The next WannaCry.

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